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People think Salah is disrespected, but no player is more disrespected than Raheem Sterling.
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Treating Drake like anything but a top tier rapper is one of the silliest things the internet ever came up with.
Jack Harlow & Drake's ‘CHURCHILL DOWNS' is now officially certified RIAA Platinum 🔥🏆
nitter.app/HipHopAllDayyII/status…
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Apparently, CNN has been tearing Buhari apart all day, calling him a dictator.
Love it.
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I think I know what’s going on with the Trent/Liverpool/Madrid situation. Obviously, I got no insider info, just deduction;
Part 1: It all starts in 2021, with Trent losing faith in FSG, to match his and the fans’ ambition after we won the UCL and league.
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Social media and the internet deluded Gen Z into a false reality, that everybody can work in media, tech and entertainment or become an influencer on YouTube or TikTok.
When you’re bred by this idea of ‘easy money’ and ‘no bosses,’ it becomes very hard to fit into a structure.
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I have a theory that Pep lost some of his hunger after Klopp left. I don’t think he rates any of those left to be as inspired anymore.
I think the rivalry drove both of them to insane heights and also exhausted them.
"I miss him"
Pep Guardiola reflects on his iconic rivalry with Jurgen Klopp ahead of Man City v Liverpool this weekend ⚔️
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Alex Ferguson came into United after winning a European trophy with Aberdeen.
Liverpool were the biggest and best team in Europe. United hadn’t won a trophy in 26 years. Commercials were in tatters and they needed to win. Ferguson built his era of dominance on the back of…
While I hear you, but I think where Pep get the nod over Sir Alex is the sheer consistency. It is harder to stay at the top than to get to the top. What Pep did to Klopp, Arteta. Sir Alex failed to do to Ancelotti and Mancini
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I thought it would be nice for everyone to watch this video.
Just as side info.
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Love them, hate them, this is something Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage, Olamide, will never do.
Two years ago, I literally saw Wizkid say, “Me, Burna, David, we’re just scratching the surface. The next generation will take it to the next level.”
That’s OG talk. No insecurity.
“... AfroBeats as people call it, is mostly about nothing, literally nothing. there’s no substance to it” - Burna Boy on the Afrobeats scene recently.
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Mr. Eazi is living the ultimate dream sha. Be a smart person, own a few businesses, invest in people smartly, invest smartly in love, network with billionaires, create a unicorn and exit like a big man.
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"Asake’s music simply feels like feel-good party music. But he is also documenting his reality, through crafted narratives and personas. He is also a dreamer and an achiever. And sometimes, he's both."
My review of 'Mr. Money With The Vibe' by Asake.
Read;
pulse.ng/entertainment/music…
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Doing 80k as an African artist, is a madness.
I don’t care about your thoughts. Keep them.
That’s madness!
Afrobeats went from theatre shows to stadiums in just four years, bro.
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Miguel and his wife separated then came back together in less than six months.
Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet: the same thing.
These people saw how cold it was outside and ran back inside to find comfort. LMAO.
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What reason does Davido, a big artist like that, have to lie about a Ronaldo invitation?
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Everything is fooling to y’all.
A 22 year old kid is on an African tour - the continent with the youngest demographic in the world, where internet penetration increases every year, where consumer behaviour switches for its upwardly mobile generation every year.
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You lot are insecure and ungrateful with a faux sense of importance and a crooked sense of judgement.
An all-time great, is using his power of co-sign to support a fresh artist, by lending them his fanbase and reach, to his 18 million followers, but it’s somehow “manipulative”?
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FOLA - Who Does That
Is one of the best written songs in Nigerian music over the last five years.
Brilliant writing. Great delivery. Elite hook.
Afro Adura/Trenches music boys write better than a lot of their mainstream peers but that street discrimination won’t allow people give them their flowers.
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I’ve lived through different eras of Twitter NG. This is absolutely the craziest.
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Tiago isn’t Yoruba, despite being raised in the Alsatian of Oyo’s palace and speaking more Yoruba than you. But you dream of raising your kids in Montreal, and hope they can call themselves Canadian, while speaking good French.
Got it.
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This Sharia Law conversation, proves that amalgamating Nigeria was a terrible decision, and true federalism/regional sectionalism or ‘un-amalgamation’ would be the solution. Cos why should the entire country be subject to the religious limitations of a select people??
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Omo, that Davido, CKay and Focalistic is a problem.
Might be time to ask Baba Imade about the joint EP with Focalistic as well.
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The Nigerian music industry is filled with an excessive amount of Wizkid-like experiments in the name of upcoming artists.
You lot need to find your own sound/respective styles.
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Osadebe had over 30 albums. In there, he had like three Trifectas.
Burna Boy has 9 or 10 albums. He had one Trifecta.
Olamide has 10 albums. In there, he had three Trifectas.
Then there's P Square; four classics and like two Trifectas.
Sunny Ade released over 15 albums.
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This is the most album-sounding Davido album. A Davido album with the curation, segues and cohesion of an album.
The seamless transitions/segues of the opening 10 tracks set the tone. See how ‘Awuke’ flows into ‘Holy Water.’
I’m just not ready to call it his best yet.
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HEIS is the best Nigerian album this year.
The best part is how everybody who trashed it has now realized it.
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Nigerian women talk down on and make jokes about the average Nigerian man's ability to cook fire noodles until they taste the noodles.
Then the conversation becomes, "When will you cook it again naw😢😢."
Never, sis. Goan eat your elegant egusi that you cooked with muscle.
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Listened to ‘Be There Still’ again, and I know why some people don’t like it. But it has nothing to do with the quality of that song.
It’s a diaristic story, like ‘LCND’ was on ‘Timeless.’ It speaks to his whole journey, his rivalries, how people perceive him, his struggles…
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Rema’s album, HEIS, is a masterpiece. If ‘Ravage’ was a victory lap, ‘HEIS’ is a diaristic account of his lifestyle - expensive cars, baddies, shows…
It’s also a BOLD album, in its experimentation and Rema’s need to do something different. The soundscape has been…
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Tems - Burning
Perfect song, zero flaws.
By far the best song on that album and it’s not close.
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Shout-out to Wizkid for that postponement.
Good gesture.
I don't know, but it feels so right on so many levels.
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Commercial success or not, Davido's 'Stand Strong' is actually a good song.
Especially around its hook.
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Skepta is more of a cultural figure than a commercial success in England/UK. He was never close to being No. 1 AT ANY POINT.
Olamide is both a cultural figure and a commercial success in Nigeria, West Africa and Africa. He was No. 1 at different points.
That's the difference.
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Having conversations with incredibly smart people will stimulate you and remind you that you ain’t crazy.
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I’ve heard that people don’t like Davido’s ‘Be There Still,’ so I took my time so I don’t get influenced by thoughts on both sides.
Now that I’ve listened, it’s been on repeat for 20 minutes now.
Verdict: na gbedu.
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Shoutout Davido.
Refreshing to see a star that’s not going on massive American media to slander the culture that’s aided all of us, and could open even more doors and usher in a new generation.
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Asake + Olamide = Omo Ope
EVERYTHING that formed the hook on this song is perfect.
Just perfect: nothing to add, nothing to remove, nothing to alter.
Perfect.
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You see how Ayra Starr made a potpourri of sounds - Reggae, Pop, R&B, Folk, Sentimental Ballad - and didn’t bore everybody with, “My music isn’t Afrobeats, don’t put me in a box”?
Your faves can learn a thing or two. Make the music, have the range and let’s tell you.
Okay?
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Rooney was 21 in this league.
Ronaldo was 21 in this league.
Foden was 21 in this league.
Gerard was 21 in this league
Raheem Sterling in this league.
Gareth Barry was 21.
Milner was 21 in that league.
You need to spend three weeks in guard room to reset your foolishness.
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Someone needs to caution that babe to stay off social media. She’ll go from hero to villain in a heartbeat, and have to apologize for something pointless soon, if she’s not careful.
Carry your wins and stop engaging everybody.
The other camp doesn’t like this win for you/men.
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If typecast was a person, it would be one of these two, especially Michael Kelly.
CIA, FBI, “debrief,” “Secretary of defense/state,” “asset,”
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Olamide has been on another mad feature run since December 2021;
Zazuu - Portable
Sometimes - T.I Blaze
Omo Ope - Asake
Bigger - MI Abaga
Modupe - Bnxn
Shey You Go Fit - TROD
Not just based on hit factor, but on the merit of the delivery of those features as well.
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Wizkid's influence on the Nigerian soundscape is now in two phases;
1. Iye ye ye post-Superstar.
2. Melodious midtempo riddims, laced with eclectic instrumentation, by way of horns, guitar chords or organs, post-Made In Lagos.
Both phases are literally unmissable.
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A good album is a good album. No be elitism, long talk and “I don’t do Afrobeats.”
Let the music speak. All that other bullshit, is nonsense.
Ayra Starr is here.
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The continued fragmentation of Nigerian music audiences into sub-silos, is my favorite thing about this space.
You can’t tell ANY of those kids that his music is bad.
His music is great, some people just don’t get it. And that’s okay.
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This is the legend of Victor Osimhen. This is how people become legends. Showing up like this in such a key game.
Stardom and legendary status are built on moments.
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The fact that Sarkodie, a rapper, was artist of the last decade in Ghana isn't spoken about enough.
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Burna Boy's 'African Giant' was a monstrous album.
An absolute fucking brilliant madness.
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I always say something;
If culture can’t inspire culture, culture has failed. If art can’t inspire art, art has failed. Fortunately, fashion is both art and culture.
The byproduct of popularization of elements of Nigerian culture via music, is the possibility of adoption.
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Seeing Liverpool win two league titles and two UCL titles in my lifetime, and getting to watch five UCL finals, is such a gift.
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Let it be known, that any woman who feels a need to project negative energy into that babe’s story, is not a woman that any man should be around.
She’s just not a good woman, for whatever reason.
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Lol. Here’s the thing: All the dislike that artists like Asake, Seyi Vibez and Odumodu get are rooted in classism and elitism.
And it’s usually from a certain class of Nigerians. It’s not anybody’s fault that others can do it, and you can’t.
This success no be your birthright
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Davido’s performance on ‘Hmmm’ doesn’t get hailed enough.
Eliteness. Every bit of it.
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Kehinde Bankole should clean out awards for ‘Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.’
I’m completely blown away. COMPLETELY!
What a portrayal! What an actor!
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Massive shoutout to Don Jazzy.
The greatest that’s ever done it.
Musician, music producer, artiste, music executive and entrepreneur.
Gotta give respect where respect is due.
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Wizkid and Burna Boy should fuck it all up and give us that joint EP.
7 songs.
Fuck it all up. History needs it.
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One thing has always been clear: The dude is a music lover. And he has a very wide palette - listens to everything. From Wu Tang to Kidjo to Saheed Osupa. And it shows in his music and his ability to brilliantly repurpose classic material by sampling or interpolation. 1 of 1.
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He was offered a six year deal. But he rejects it and signs a 4-year deal, to run out when he’s 26, and about to enter his prime. Wanting to see if FSG will change.
Part 2: Things get worse. Klopp’s ego kicks in as he starts to clash with Edwards and wants total control over…
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My problem with the internet is that people have a perception of what they think should or shouldn’t be working. So when something they think shouldn’t be working, works, instead of being humble to understand why it’s working, they try to talk down on it, rather than admit that..
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Young Rema, 24 y/o was out here at the Headies, speaking what’s important. Yet, it’s the 30-something OGs, who keep goofing for sport.
How can a young king be more socially aware than grown men with kids??
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It's pretty fucking wild that Olamide and YBNL have yet another success with Asake, who is arguably Nigeria's hottest act of 2022, so far - alongside Kizz Daniel.
It's 2022, and another one don drop.
That's just absolutely fucking mad.
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On this “sold out” conversation, there are three sides;
1. Artists and their teams obsessed with “sold out.” Not realizing that selling even 5k in a foreign land is a massive achievement.
2. Fans who know little to nothing about the industry, obsessed with “sold out.”
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9 tracks into this Fireboy album and I just want to say that some Nigerian artists can learn a thing or two from this album.
No be by switching sound. If the production/direction is complete/great, and complimentary of the idea, it is. Nobody gets credit for ideation alone.
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Because tell me why finding the right person for you, isn’t enough, until he asks you out with chocolate inscription, ‘Will you be my girlfriend’ rather than simply being happy that you hit the match lottery by finding the person who makes your kidneys jump.
It’s insanity.
The problem with modern romance isn’t just consumerism and commodification, it’s that social media and the internet have aroused an unwavering fear of missing out and reality distortion, where the true meaning of ‘quality’ is lost, because it’s not instragammable.
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The problem with modern romance isn’t just consumerism and commodification, it’s that social media and the internet have aroused an unwavering fear of missing out and reality distortion, where the true meaning of ‘quality’ is lost, because it’s not instragammable.
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